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plant, by Cariot in Etude des Fleurs (1860). From Lamotte s 
description, based on a single very incomplete specimen, Miss 
Roper’s plants differ only in spring leaves with an open sinus, 
lower petal not emarginate and lateral petals bearded. In my 
opinion the plant recedes considerably from V. odorata a typica, 
and closely approaches V.dumetorum Jord. Is it fragrant 1 Cariot 
placed it near V hirta; Lamotte near V. odorata. — W. Watson. 
V. sylvestris Kit. Open woodland and lane near Clapton-in- 
Gordano, N. Somerset. Summer leaves, July 1916; and dowers, 
May 14, 1924. The full-grown leaves of violets are often want- 
ing from specimens, and as they show specific characters more 
distinctly than in the dowering stage these sheets may be found 
useful. — Jas. W. White. For many years I have looked upon 
V. sylvestris Kit. as a dying-out (or splitting-up) species. The 
latest, set of pure plants came to me in 1914 from Mr. W. H. 
Pearsall, collected in N. Lancs. With these he noted : “ Hitherto 
I have been unable to find the type, although members of my 
staff and I have examined some thousands of plants.” Mr. White’s 
set of plants, under the name of V. sylvestris Kit., tends to 
strengthen my conviction. Of the majority of these (every one 
of which I have examined closely) the best that can be said is : 
“ Near V. sylvestris Kit.” Quoting from a letter to me on the 
subject from my late son, R. P. Gregory, I may add: “I’ve 
often wondered whether some of these many forms are really 
hybrids. Why should they not be mutations 1 New forms 
appearing, that is to say; there’s no reason at all why some of 
them should not be more or less intermediate between two older 
forms. I wish you ’d remind me to talk this over with you some 
day.”— E.S.G. 
V. Riviniana Reichb., var. nemorosa Neum. Large growth, 
with large dowers and great root development, among pine- 
needles under Scots pines, Sharpham Peat Moor, Somerset, May 
16, 1924. — H. S. Thompson. Very near forma nemorosa Neum., 
but the stipule teeth are toothed, not fringed. — E.S.G. 
V. ericetorum Schrach, forma alba (see last Report). Ashcott 
Peat Moor, Somerset, May 16, maturer leaves, June 19, 1924. 
Also blue form from same ground. — LI. S. Thompson. Good 
specimens of a very interesting violet. — E. S. Gregory. In refer- 
ence to Mr. Thompson’s note in the 1924 Report: “It would be 
interesting to know what Mrs. Gregory makes of V. nemoralis 
Jordan,” I find a marginal note in my copy of Flore de France , 
by Rouy et Foucaud, which runs: “Description here and 
